The Tsoy-Pede necropolis, Chechnya.
Photo: Tamara Taisumova
Tsoy-Pede, one of the largest and most significant medieval necropolises in the Caucasus. It is located in the Itum-Kalinsky District of Chechnya, in a remote area in the upper reaches of the Malkhistinsky Gorge, on a cape at the confluence of the Chanty-Argun and Meshi-Khi rivers.